This rubric is from the Greece, NY school district. The district supports an extensive public site with many rubrics, graphic organizers, and tips for teaching. It is well-used by those educators who are familiar with it. The resources and organizers have been developed by teachers, so it provides tried and true options.
This website, part of about.com, uses simple language as well as some humor to explain the general rules about debates. It is written by Grace Fleming, who has made a career as a college advisor, and seems to know how to relate to high school aged students. It is a very readable article, and should give students the background they need to start forming ideas about what they need to prepare for a debate. There are also good links for students who wish to delve more deeply into debate.
This site is maintained by Urban Ed Partnership, a Los Angeles based organization that works to educate and recruit teachers in hard-to-place areas. This particular page has a step-by-step outline of the pieces of a debate and what a team is expected to do. It is written in very clear, concrete language which seems accessible to our target student population. This site can be made available to students as is, or teachers can use it to modify their own directions for students in preparing for the debate on the topic of this webquest.
Here is the rubric for your debate and some links that provide tips on debating.
This rubric is from the Greece, NY school district. The district supports an extensive public site with many rubrics, graphic organizers, and tips for teaching. It is well-used by those educators who are familiar with it. The resources and organizers have been developed by teachers, so it provides tried and true options.
Links for tips on debating:
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/speechclass/a/debate.htm
This website, part of about.com, uses simple language as well as some humor to explain the general rules about debates. It is written by Grace Fleming, who has made a career as a college advisor, and seems to know how to relate to high school aged students. It is a very readable article, and should give students the background they need to start forming ideas about what they need to prepare for a debate. There are also good links for students who wish to delve more deeply into debate.
http://www.urbanedpartnership.org/uclasp/ISSUES/bringing_water/debate.htm
This site is maintained by Urban Ed Partnership, a Los Angeles based organization that works to educate and recruit teachers in hard-to-place areas. This particular page has a step-by-step outline of the pieces of a debate and what a team is expected to do. It is written in very clear, concrete language which seems accessible to our target student population. This site can be made available to students as is, or teachers can use it to modify their own directions for students in preparing for the debate on the topic of this webquest.